The Robbie Bourke Podcast Episode 213: Maggie Downie - Movement as medicine
This episode guest is Maggie Downie from Personal Euphoria
Maggie Downie is a Pilates Instructor and the owner of Personal Euphoria. She has a B.A in history from Eastern Connecticut State
University and has studied Pilates since 2002. She is certified in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Mat Pilates through STOTT Pilates. Maggie has trained in Pilates for breast cancer rehabilitation and Pilates for pre and post-natal clients, Pilates Equipment as well as injuries and special populations. She has also taken classes and trained under Pilates Elders Mary Bowen, Ron Fletcher, Jay Grimes, and Lolita San Miguel. She thinks it is a privilege to work with different bodies- whether athletes or someone doing post rehab. She has been a guest on NPR and Better CT to share and discuss her knowledge of fitness. Her enthusiastic, upbeat personality is effective in helping students become energized about health and wellness.
On this episode Maggie and I discuss:
- Maggies background
- What is pain?
- I ask Maggie how she works with clients that are in pain
- I ask Maggie who's work and research in pain has influenced her the most
- I ask Maggie what in her opinion are the leading factors to many individuals pain
- I ask Maggie why she wrote her book?
- I ask Maggie about the importance of language when dealing with clients and pain
- I ask Maggie about how she deals with individuals who really self identify with their pain
- I ask Maggie what are the biggest things her has learned in her life and career
- Maggie and I discuss the difference between sport and health
- I ask Maggie what a typical day in her life is like?
- I ask Maggie for you top resources
- I ask Maggie for her top and current book recommendation?
- I ask Maggie for her top life advice
- I ask Maggie, if she only had one year left on planet earth, how would she spend that year and why?
- I ask Maggie, if she could invite 5 people to dinner, dead and alive, who would she invite and why?
This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!
Stay Strong,
RB
Show Notes:
Website - www.personaleuphoria.com
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Videos Mentioned:
TEDxAdelaide - Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt
Lorimer Moseley Pain Research Video
Pain, the brain and your amazing protectometer - Lorimer Moseley
The Mars Generation | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix
Robert Sapolsky -Human Behavioral Biology course
Books Mentioned:
High Performance Training for Sports
Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance
Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School
People and Resources Mentioned:
David Bulter
NOI Group
Lorimer Moseley
Greg Lehman
Stuart McGill
Jack Kruse
Precision Nutrition
San Diego Pain Summit
David Joyce
Daniel Lewindon
GWS Giants
Quinn Henoch
Sean Mcgarrity
Jack White
Meg White
The White Stripes
Karl Newells - Constraints Led Approach Model
Katy Bowman
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Thomas Edison
Eric Helms
Precision Nutrition
Lyle McDonald
Renaissance Periodization
Abraham Lincoln
Jacque Fresco
Martin Luther King Jr
Nelson Mandela
Jesus
Functional Medicine Costa Rica
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